
Snacks & baking
Sommerfuglekage (butterfly cake)
A small sponge cake filled with whipped cream, its top cut into two wings that are set back on the cream. Light and fresh, it's very popular at birthdays and summer teatimes in Denmark.
Ingredients
Ingredients
Décor
Spices & seasoning
Optional extras
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180 °C and line a 20 cm round tin with buttered baking paper.
- Whisk the eggs with the sugar for 5 minutes until the mixture pales and doubles in volume.
- Sift the flour with the baking powder and gently fold it in with a spatula, lifting the batter.
- Add the warm melted butter and mix just enough to combine.
- Pour into the tin and bake for 20 minutes, until a skewer comes out dry. Let cool completely.
- Turn out, then cut the top into two equal discs and cut each disc in half to form the wings.
- Whip the cream with the icing sugar and vanilla sugar, spread it over the cake, place the jam in the centre and arrange the wings in a V shape before dusting with icing sugar.
Variations and tips
Fresh strawberry version. Add strawberries sliced into strips between the cream and the wings for extra freshness.
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Original Ecomely recipe.

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